{"id":83717,"date":"2021-07-15T12:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83717"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T11:08:14","slug":"insecurity-fg-helpless-kukah-tells-us-congress-says-buharis-appointments-based-on-ethnicity-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/insecurity-fg-helpless-kukah-tells-us-congress-says-buharis-appointments-based-on-ethnicity-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: FG helpless, Kukah tells US Congress, says Buhari&#8217;s appointments based on\u00a0ethnicity, religion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev-Fr. Matthew Kukah, say the Federal Government is helpless in tackling the security challenges Nigeria is facing.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nKukah said this in his address to the United States Congress Commission, during which he also said that the current administration has failed to address insecurity which it promised to do before taking power in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop accused President Muhammadu Buhari of appointing more people of his ethnicity and religion into political offices.<\/p>\n<p>His presentation to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, DC, which was virtual, was on the persecution of Christians in the North by armed extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that there was a religious undertone to the security challenges in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cThe North, even the whole country, is invaded by armed bandits, kidnappers etc., who attack communities at will.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the government seems to be either helpless or uninterested in dealing decisively with these people has added more confusion.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe contradiction here is that the President has blatantly pursued nepotistic agenda and policies that show very clearly his preference for men and women of his faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cFor the first time in Nigeria, the people heading the three arms of government \u2013 President, Senate President, Speaker and Chief Justice \u2013 are all Muslims. These are all fine gentlemen, but that is not the point. The level of rivalry between Christians and Muslims has worsened. This kind of situation has never happened before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the US Congress Commission that the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, which has been going on for a long time, has risen in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kukah said Christian schools are attacked in the North by extremists who convert the girls to wives, sex slaves and spies, while indoctrinating the children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story of Leah Sharibu suggests very clearly that there is, in many instances, a relationship between the conditions in which people find themselves and their faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, some of our priests in the North were killed. The extremists kidnapped our children and forcefully converted them to Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is significant here is that we are in a democracy; with weak structures and institutions. These are existential issues. So, we require practical assistance that can help us and our children,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev-Fr. Matthew Kukah, say the Federal Government is helpless in tackling the security challenges Nigeria is facing. 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